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Ivan Putski
Statistics
Ring Names	Ivan Putski
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	280 lbs (129 kg)
Born	January 21 1941 (1941-01-21) (age 72)
	Kraków, Poland
Died
Resides	Buda, Texas
Billed	Poland
Trained by
Debut
Retired

Józef Bednarski (January 21, 1941), is a Polish former professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is known by the ring name Ivan Putski and was given the nickname "The Polish Hammer".

Putski is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana. Ivan was known to have an ongoing feud with another professional at the time, "Superstar" Billy Graham over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, who also had an incredible physique and strength, which led to many pose-downs, arm wrestling bouts, and long, physical matches between the two. Other rivals included Iron Sheik, Ivan Koloff, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

In wrestlingEdit

• Finishing moves
  • Polish Hammer (Double axe handle to the opponent's chest)

• Signature moves
  • Bearhug
  • Headlock
  • Scoop powerslam
  • Vertical suplex

• Nicknames
  • "Polish Power"

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

• Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jose Lothario
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jose Lothario

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year (1979) with Tito Santana
  • PWI ranked him #170 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
  • PWI ranked him #92 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Tito Santana in 2003

• Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Wahoo McDaniel

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)
  • WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tito Santana<

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Readers' Least Favorite Wrestler (1984)
  • Worst Wrestler (1984)